Car-brace.



W. I. TAYLOR. CAR BEACH, APPLIOATIOH FILED my 2a, 1908. RENEWED MAY 6, 1909.

929,998," p Patented Aug. 3,1909.

WITNESSES: [/VVENTOR 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ISAAC TAYLOR,'OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

GAR-BBAGE.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed Kay 23, 1908, Serial No. $34,690, Renewed Kay 6, 1909. SeriaI-No. 494,318.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. TAYLOR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Car-Braces, of which the following is aspecification.

vThis invention relates to car-braces, or more particularly a device for preventing boxes or crates of fruit, eggs or other merchandise in transit from being knocked about by the arring of the car.

The object of the present invention is .to provide a brace of this kind which can be quickly applied or removed, and readily ad.-

justed, and which will seclirely hold the load in the car. 1

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l l at 5. They "are parallel and-spaced a suitable distance apart. The posts are connected at one end by a cross-bar 6, and at the opposite end by a cross-bar 7 having an arched portion 8. The crossbar 6 is permanently secured to the posts, and the cross-bar 7 is adjustably secured, it having at its ends sleeves 9 thrbugh which the posts extend. The cross-bar 7 is held in adjusted position on the posts by set screws 10 passing through the sleeves and bearing on the posts. The

frame is stiffened by means of a tension rod 11 connected at its ends to the crossbars 6 and 7 and passin over a strut 12 projecting from an interme iate cross-bar 13. The tension rod 11 is provided with a turnbuckle 14 for ti htening up the same.

The te escopin'g stems are indicated at 15. They are-connected attheir outer ends by a cross-bar 16 having an inverted arched por tion 17. The stems are advanced and re tracted by means of a screw 18 carried by the arch 17 and threaded throu h a nut 19 formed at the vertex of the are 17. The

screw is operated by a hand-lever 20v carrying a spring pressed reversible pawl 21;.

which is engageable with a ratchet 22 on the,

screw. In the cross-bar 7 is an opening 23 through .which the screw loosely passes.

In use the bra 'ce'is placed against the load E v in front thereof with the cross-bars 6 and 16 engaging opposite side walls of the car.

The hand-lever '20 is then worked to turn' the screw 18 in a direction to advance the stems 15 until the cross-bars press against the car walls sufiiciently to hold the brace rigidly in position. To release the load it is necessary only to retract the stems by .a few turns of the screw which disengages the brace from the car walls and enables it to be removed from in front of the load.

The brace herein described can be quickl and easily operated, and readily adjuste It securely holds the boxes orcrates and prevents them from falling down or being shifted around in the car by the motion or jarring thereof.

I claim: 1. A car-brace comprising a frame having a pair of tubular posts, stems telescoping therein, a traveling.

stems, a nut on the rame in which the screw works, and means for'operating the screw. 2. A car-brace comprising a pair of tubular posts, stems telescoping therein, a'travel ing screw carried by the stems, a cross-bar adjustablymounted on the posts, a nut carr'ied by the cross-bar in which the screw works, and means for operating the screw- 3. A car-brace comprising a frame COIL-f screw carried -,by the v sisting of a pair of tubular posts, and crossbars connecting the same, stems telescoping in the posts, a cross-bar connectin the outer ends of the stems, a nut on one 0 the crossbars of the posts, a traveling sc'rewworking in the nut and engageable w1th the'cross hlr of the stems, and means for operating" the screw. l In testimon .whereof I- aflix my signature, in presence 0 two witnesses.

.Witnesses: v

Gasman A. DUNNIGAN, Anrimb A. Pam.

'WILLIAM'ISIAAC TAYLOR. 

